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Comment by Necro47

yeah.. give the alliance one more horde mount. then cry when blizz give us one of yours.

Comment by steelerark

so, can you fly on this one in northrend at any level over 70?

Comment by twinz

Costs 2000g, purchasable from Mei Francis in Dalaran.

Reputation discount is available from Kirin Tor

Comment by goldnow

Doh! I got owned... I paid 2k g for this beauty (at lvl 70), and its not usable in the new area until 77. Should have checked here first. Still, it looks good in Outland...

Comment by Darkzun

Does it fly 280%?

Comment by Sunwind

don't be fooled by it's name, it's actually purple and not blue

Comment by ctracy

is this mount , which I just paid 1600g for in Dalaran ,only a 280% speed increase?...that is same as swift windriders, which are only 200g...outside the blue color, the armor is identical.....I am feeling ripped off at the moment...

Comment by Jigglypuff

It's exactly like the Cenarion mount, and all the others sold by the same vendor in Dalaran: purely vanity items for those with the extra gold to drop. One doesn't buy that brown bear expecting it to move faster than his/her normal epic ground mount, right?

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Comment by wildowned1995

It looks purple to me too, it says that its Blue but its Purple to me...and blizzard got to fix that lmao !just lame horde isnt gay !

Comment by demonolithic

very happy to see added variety of course but would love blizz to have used the green color scheme rather then this "blue".

really like the reddish hue of the green's wings. :)

Comment by Lucid

Is it just me or, as Horde, have you ever seen Alliance riding one of these?

Perhaps the cost is keeping people away, but seen a fair deal of horde on the gryphon. It would lead me to believe that, in effect, the general populace considers horde flyers too ugly to pay extra for.

Then again, its worth noting that its always good to see that players have at least one option if they really want to fly on the other faction's mount.

Comment by Lucid

You know what, I think you're right. I'm rethinking where I came to that conclusion and I can't figure out how. Odd. Gotta downrate myself now, damn, I can't.

Comment by Praiseworthy

the only ally mount that the horde can get is the brewfest ram, or the swift brewfest ram

even the hippogryphs are not considered to be gryphons

and hippogryph is a mythical creature that was said to fly over Rome quite a few centuries ago

Roman warriors would ride these hippogryphs as a sign of a high rank in the Roman empire

gryphons are nothing more than fairytale eagle/lion

a hippogryph is actually slightly smaller than a gryphon, due to the fact that a hippogryph is a hawk/cheetah to be precise

the hippogryph ran faster than ur average car, and flew up to 185mph

now a gryphon was actually supposed to be another roman mount

gryphons served roman warriors in battle, and due to their huge size, they could crush oppenents under their feet

now what the horde rides, the "windrider" is a mix between a bat and a lion

which is ironic seeing as how a bat is not an obtainable mount, which it should be

and these windriders were actually used as "counter battle mounts" for countries fighting against rome, and these mounts were once considered as the reason rome fell

windriders, or as they were called in rome, "wyverns", where huge beastly flying animals, that would sometimes be equipped with armor in case of a huge fall, sometimes on purpose as a suicide attempt for warriors than refused to fight against rome, but with the plate and mail armor they wore, it was nearly impossible for them to die

this way, in case of a suicide, only the rider would die, and the wyvern would live to fight for the opposing countries to rome

so yeah, there is a little history lesson for everybody, even though all of this is just a myth, this is where blizzard came up with the mounts

now how somebody mixes up a hippogryph with a gryphon is beyond me, for god sake, a hippogryph has antlers

bottom line is:

horde has windriders

allys have gryphons

and a few side factions have hippogryphs available for purchase, probably exalted with the faction seeling the mount would be required, except for the new argent tournament on coming out in the ulduar patch (3.1)

cant wait :)

oh and two more things about wyverns, they could swim...

sightings of wyverns have been reported in mexico, russia, great britain, japan, china, australia, egypt, canada, germany, and of course, italy

same for wolpertingers, u know, those weird rabbit things u can get at brewfest

wolpertingers are just diseased rabbit, and the atlers r actually growths, same as the wings, and the fangs where just teeth that where actually sharpened for war efforts

they couldnt fly, the antlers where not sharp, and the fangs wherent use for biting at all, they would be attached to an mace to turn the a flail hammer

so yeah, WoW has a lot of history in it if u think about it :)

Comment by Praiseworthy

again, sorry for how long it was, lol

Comment by Praiseworthy

oh yeah, and if people dont think a hippogryph is really a hawk/cheetah, then look at the cenarions war hippogryphs back legs, and there is even cheetah spots on it, as well as hawk wings, hawk beak, and cheetah feet

so there is ur proof right there :)

Comment by Praiseworthy

even if lucid was thinking of the cenaron war hippogryph, that doesnt explain how he saw allys on a wind rider?

hey lucid, did u maybe like see a light skinned night elf, and not think to hover over him to see if he was a blood elf?

either way, there is no windrider an ally can ride, and there is no gryphon the horde can ride

hippogryphs are not gryphons, hippogryphs have antlers, lol :)

now i have a question of my own...

do u have to be exaulted with the kirin tor to get this mount, or does it just cost less when ur exalted?

i really need this clarified :)

Comment by smaugrens

That is purple. I mean, seriously, WTF.

Comment by Cusco

To be fair, the Argent Hippogryph hadn't been released when Paleona wrote his/her comment. The Cenarion War Hippogryph, however, has been floating around since patch 2.3. The Cenarion War Hippogryph also has its own achievement.

Comment by IHazCookies

I call private server on the viewing of Allies on horde mounts and vice versa.

Comment by Soulslave77

Hi I was looking side by side at my armored Blue Wind Rider I bought.Then the Blue Wind Rider.To me and others I have asked ,they look identical.Please you look! So if this is true.Then where do we come in with a better deal? 2000 gold we pay for the Armored.Compared to the regular Wind Rider 100 gold.Yes it may have the extra armor.But if it does can you tell me where it says this.Or where I can compare the two.So I can feel like I have not been ripped off.The two I compared is the one from Dalaran I bought.Then the ones for sale in Shadow Moon Village. With an example next to Dama the wind rider keeper. I am telling you there the same .Well looks that is & color no lol.Price there 100 gold.Please help me get this off my mind.Thank you Toxicsword

Comment by DeimosBarret

An incredibly disappointing mount for its price and vanity value. It is exactly like all the others with nothing unique about it. It should have been a 300% mount ffs.

Comment by Moggit

That are Lucid's just plain stupid

Comment by Vremar

Still, I wish everyone thought like him, we could end racism buy having people where white shirts.

I love how you said we make people wear white shirts, why not make the white people wear brown or black shirts?

Comment by Aldru

Coolest wind rider ever. period.

Comment by ParisAvenue2011

Just bought one for 1600g (Exalted discount). i'd been thinking about it for a long time & just bought it to console myself for another "Mysterious Egg" hatching into Egg-Yolk! :( Mount looks sweet, armored wind riders are very nice :D can't say i like the level 60 ones though

Comment by deathwing99

lol for 2000 gold a mount for achievement lol

Comment by XxvasinxX

Can anyone tell me what the Regular wind rider flys at? I wanna know the speed, as in when you go up to lets say, Doras from orgrimmar ( Hes the flight master ) and you buy a wind rider to... Tanaris? Then your flying, what % of speed are you going?

Comment by SecretNinjaMan

Armored Blue Wind Rider

Should be called Blue Wind Rider with Purple Armor.

The least they could do is to get the armor Blue, sigh!

Comment by alicyndecay

This ugly thing isn't worth 2k... This should be cheaper since it's only a re-colour, and there's nothing unique/special about it.. All wind rider mounts are hideous in my opinion. The Alliance lucked out, and they get gorgeous Gryphons. :(

The only justification to buy this thing is if you're really impatient and want your achievement.

Comment by Shenzhen

I Really Dont Understand Why This Is 2K Gold, Its Exactly The Same A The Smift Winder Riders, And Their Only 200g, Makes No Sense.

Comment by Lifejolt

Wind Riders possess one of the worst models still regularly used in game.

Comment by BMHunterDelaini

As of MoP this mount now is BoA and will show up on all of your horde characters, it is also able to be a ground mount so even a level 20 can ride it! If you purchase and have a Alliance character - they will received the Snowy Armored Gryphon.

Comment by CarrionCarcass

When they say Armored Blue wind rider,They mean the Wind rider is Blue not the armor,If it was the armor it would have said 'Blue Armored'.

Comment by danicadb1

all of the swift wind riders are all a kind of light tan, or yellow,or orange, the armored one has a bluish skin which makes him look better imo :)